Examiner Michael K Botts

What the data says.

Michael K Botts maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 21 disposed applications, the allowance rate stands at 48%, with 10 allowed and 11 abandoned. The examiner works within a single art unit (2176). This pooled record reflects decided cases only and does not include pending applications. The allowance rate represents the proportion of applications that received final approval among all applications decided.

How to read these numbers.

This record aggregates all applications across the examiner's art unit(s) and presents the pooled allowance rate as a historical summary. The 48% figure describes past dispositions and is not a prediction of the outcome of any specific application. Aggregate statistics describe population-level patterns and do not determine individual application results. Each application is evaluated independently based on its individual merits and the evidence of record.

These are aggregate statistics from this examiner's past public record — not predictions about any specific application. The per-art-unit figures below show how the record varies across art units. Our approach to patent prosecution →

The record, art unit by art unit.

Each section benchmarks this examiner against that art unit's average. Figures are this examiner's own public record within the art unit; the overall rate above pools them.

Primarily examines general computer details, and program control and execution.

Questions about Examiner Michael K Botts

• 01What is Michael K Botts's allowance rate?

  The allowance rate is 48%, based on 21 disposed applications: 10 allowed and 11 abandoned. This is a historical summary and not a prediction of any specific application.
• 02How many art units does this examiner cover?

  Michael K Botts works in one art unit (2176) within Technology Center 2100.
• 03What does the pooled record include?

  The pooled record aggregates all applications across the examiner's art unit(s). Pending applications are excluded; only decided cases (allowed and abandoned) are counted.
• 04Does the allowance rate predict my application's outcome?

  No. The allowance rate is a historical aggregate and is not a prediction for any individual application. Each application is examined independently.

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